GROUP-B STREPTOCOCCUS-MENINGITIS

Authors
GUERIN JM LEIBINGER F MOFREDJ A ECKERIAN JM
Citation
Jm. Guerin et al., GROUP-B STREPTOCOCCUS-MENINGITIS, Medecine et maladies infectieuses, 27(3), 1997, pp. 325-326
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Medecine et maladies infectieuses → ACNP
ISSN journal
0399077X
Volume
27
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
325 - 326
Database
ISI
SICI code
0399-077X(1997)27:3<325:GS>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Two cases of meningitis due to group B streptococci are reported. One of them developed during post partum, the other in a patient with cirr hosis and ascitic decompensation. The few cases of streptococcal menin gitis reported so far in literature were reviewed. The main settings i n which they develop were established: post partum, elderly people, im munocompromised patients. Antibiotherapy with betalactams, and especia lly penicillin G, is the reference treatment.